Volume 18, Number 10—October 2012
Letter
West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany
Table
Results of indirect immunofluorescence assays performed on serum and CSF samples from patient with suspected WNV infection, Germany, 2011*
| Virus used as antigen | Ig class | Antibody titer in serum |
Antibody titer in CSF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 4 | Day 6 | Day 11 | Day 26 | Day 4 | Day 6 | |||
| WNV | IgG | 320 | 1,280 | 5,120 | 10,240 | 20 | 40 | |
| WNV | IgM | 160 | 160 | 1,280 | 1,280 | 10 | 20 | |
| SLEV | IgG | 80 | 80 | 1,280 | 2,560 | <10 | <10 | |
| SLEV | IgM | 20 | 20 | 40 | <20 | <10 | <10 | |
| JEV | IgG | ND | <20 | ND | 1,280 | ND | <10 | |
| JEV | IgM | ND | <20 | ND | <20 | ND | <10 | |
| DENV | IgG | ND | 80 | ND | 640 | ND | <10 | |
| DENV | IgM | ND | 20 | ND | <20 | ND | <10 | |
| YFV | IgG | ND | <20 | ND | ND | ND | <10 | |
| YFV | IgM | ND. | <20 | ND | ND | ND | <10 | |
| TBEV | IgG | ND | <20 | ND | ND | ND | <10 | |
| TBEV | IgM | ND | <20 | ND | ND | ND | <10 | |
*CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WNV, West Nile virus; SLEV, St. Louis encephalitis virus; JEV, Japanese encephalitis virus; ; ND, not done; DENV, dengue virus; YFV, yellow fever virus; TBEV, tick-borne encephalitis virus. Titers <20 for serum and <10 for CSF are considered negative.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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